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Yep, thats most definitely screwed! 
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Not mine luckily. On my Dads Mondeo, so he asked me to take him and the wheel to get another tyre fitted as he doesnt have a spare to use. We only had an hour to sort it before he needed the car so just had to get raped around Ipswich for a tyre - first place only had a michelin....for £200!  Tried a few more and eventually got a cheap budget for.....£83!  Anyone thinking of running 17s.....don't bother!  Although I know 205/50/17 is an odd size too.
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Crikey that is an expensive size. Even the 225/40/18's on my bora were only £55/budget tyre.
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(12-12-2012, 06:36 PM)Dan! Wrote: Crikey that is an expensive size. Even the 225/40/18's on my bora were only £55/budget tyre.
I know......couldn't believe it when the first one said £200 for a michelin...thought my Dad was gonna explode! He had 2 new'uns just a month ago at about £80 each or 'Goodride's, I thought he was taking the piss so checked a few tyre places online and they're all well expensive. And I thought Fords were supposed to be cheap motoring lol.
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shit. i thought my old car had odd sizes at 235/45/17s. they were £160 a corner for michelin PS2s!
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(12-12-2012, 07:03 PM)Niall Wrote: shit. i thought my old car had odd sizes at 235/45/17s. they were £160 a corner for michelin PS2s!
Wow, nice and cheap then! 
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(12-12-2012, 07:04 PM)Toms306 Wrote: (12-12-2012, 07:03 PM)Niall Wrote: shit. i thought my old car had odd sizes at 235/45/17s. they were £160 a corner for michelin PS2s!
Wow, nice and cheap then!
Well compared to your shit heap ford, yeah!!
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(12-12-2012, 07:06 PM)Niall Wrote: (12-12-2012, 07:04 PM)Toms306 Wrote: (12-12-2012, 07:03 PM)Niall Wrote: shit. i thought my old car had odd sizes at 235/45/17s. they were £160 a corner for michelin PS2s!
Wow, nice and cheap then!
Well compared to your shit heap ford, yeah!!
Pfft, V6, 24Valve, full leather heated interior, shit heap Ford!
Still, my diesel is faster than that lol.....oh wait, I mean 'was' faster.  Plus it averaged 3 times as much mpg and hadn't done 150k like the Ford.
Edit - but the Ford is still working though........unlike the reliable German motor......hmm....
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(12-12-2012, 07:18 PM)Toms306 Wrote: (12-12-2012, 07:06 PM)Niall Wrote: (12-12-2012, 07:04 PM)Toms306 Wrote: (12-12-2012, 07:03 PM)Niall Wrote: shit. i thought my old car had odd sizes at 235/45/17s. they were £160 a corner for michelin PS2s!
Wow, nice and cheap then!
Well compared to your shit heap ford, yeah!!
Pfft, V6, 24Valve, full leather heated interior, shit heap Ford!
Still, my diesel is faster than that lol.....oh wait, I mean 'was' faster. Plus it averaged 3 times as much mpg and hadn't done 150k like the Ford.
Edit - but the Ford is still working though........unlike the reliable German motor......hmm....
v6 24v full leather interior? Shame mine was only 4 pot 16v.....still spanked a shitty mondeo though!!
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Please stop talking about MPG.
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(12-12-2012, 07:40 PM)Curt Wrote: Please stop talking about MPG.
in all fairness, you own a mx5 and therefore he has no real reason to listen to you. in fact, why are you not banned yet?
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(12-12-2012, 07:37 PM)Niall Wrote: v6 24v full leather interior? Shame mine was only 4 pot 16v.....still spanked a shitty mondeo though!!
As I said, even the Golf easily had the Mondeo! It's not as quick as you expect it to be in all honesty, needs another ~50bhp to pull off mpg like that! Does sound fairly epic though!
(12-12-2012, 07:40 PM)Curt Wrote: Please stop talking about MPG.
But theres not much else a diesel can win at.
/Troll
But back on the topic of the forum...........theres a nice shiny diablo phase 2 '6 in the carpark of my Dad's flats...don't suppose its anyone from here? Has red calipers and green stuff pads if that helps, looks lowered a bit too.
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my 16v mini runs on 205/45/r13, budgets arnt really an option because i enjoy not crashing quite alot, so have to fork out £180 per wheel for falken road legal slicks
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that happend to my HDI, tyre had to be sent a way to be fixed.
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well you did that good an proper now, if your dad changes 2 tyres in the future drop the tyre size to 205 45 17, alot cheaper and done to many mondingo's while i was at ford
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Therer not that uncommon a size mate, theyre on a load of fords vauxhals and BMWs I think youve been done over.
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(13-12-2012, 04:17 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Therer not that uncommon a size mate, theyre on a load of fords vauxhals and BMWs I think youve been done over.
Not bothered either way, I wasn't paying lol. But they do seem to be expensive wherever you try, whether its because they're uncommon or becuase there's quite a lot of rubber going into that size I dunno.
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(13-12-2012, 06:57 PM)Toms306 Wrote: or becuase there's quite a lot of rubber going into that size I dunno.
Mate seriously? 
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(13-12-2012, 07:06 PM)Jonny81191 Wrote: (13-12-2012, 06:57 PM)Toms306 Wrote: or becuase there's quite a lot of rubber going into that size I dunno.
Mate seriously?
in all fairness i can see his logic in that. look at the price of a 335/35/21. need a mortgage to change all 4 for a decent make.
still stupid though
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Yeah but it's not due to the amount of rubber in them, I don't understand why they're highly priced, but it won't be because "there's more rubber"
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(13-12-2012, 07:06 PM)Jonny81191 Wrote: (13-12-2012, 06:57 PM)Toms306 Wrote: or becuase there's quite a lot of rubber going into that size I dunno.
Mate seriously?
It's an 'extra load' tyre at that size so there must be something different about it, more rubber or more metal, more of something anyway.
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I need some new rubber for the 406, Oddball size that costs £.ra*e (215/55r16)
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(13-12-2012, 07:08 PM)Niall Wrote: (13-12-2012, 07:06 PM)Jonny81191 Wrote: (13-12-2012, 06:57 PM)Toms306 Wrote: or becuase there's quite a lot of rubber going into that size I dunno.
Mate seriously?
in all fairness i can see his logic in that. look at the price of a 335/35/21. need a mortgage to change all 4 for a decent make.
still stupid though
They the ones on the X5? Think its £1500 for a set of 4 haha And theres not meny makes that make them!
Doesnt even own a 306.
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(13-12-2012, 10:03 PM)Tom Wrote: (13-12-2012, 07:08 PM)Niall Wrote: (13-12-2012, 07:06 PM)Jonny81191 Wrote: (13-12-2012, 06:57 PM)Toms306 Wrote: or becuase there's quite a lot of rubber going into that size I dunno.
Mate seriously?
in all fairness i can see his logic in that. look at the price of a 335/35/21. need a mortgage to change all 4 for a decent make.
still stupid though
They the ones on the X5? Think its £1500 for a set of 4 haha And theres not meny makes that make them!
better x5s, some jags, quite a few cars really.
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